4.2.40
केदाराद्यञ् च
Operational rule vidhi
The affixes यञ् and वुञ् come after the word केदार in the sense of 'collection thereof'.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Left context केदारात् pañcamī · ekavacanaSubstitute / term य prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
केदारात् यञ् च
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Commentary
The affixes यञ् and वुञ् come after the word केदार in the sense of 'collection thereof'.
This debars ठक् of 4.2.47. Thus केदाराणाम् समूहः = कैदार्यम् or कैदारकम् ॥
Vart:- The affix यञ् comes after गणिका e.g. गाणिक्यम् ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.